Isaiah 45:1-7 ▼

1 Thus said YHWH, || To His anointed, to Cyrus, || Whose right hand I have laid hold on, || To subdue nations before him, || Indeed, I loose loins of kings, || To open double doors before him, || Indeed, gates are not shut:

2 “I go before you, and make crooked places straight, || I shatter doors of bronze, || And I cut bars of iron apart,

3 And have given to you treasures of darkness, || Even treasures of secret places, || So that you know that I, YHWH, || Who am calling on your name—[am] the God of Israel.

4 For the sake of My servant Jacob, || And of Israel My chosen, || I also call you by your name, I surname you, || And you have not known Me.

5 I [am] YHWH, and there is none else, || There is no God except Me, || I gird you, and you have not known Me.

6 So that they know from the rising of the sun, || And from the west, that there is none besides Me, || I [am] YHWH, and there is none else,

7 Forming light, and creating darkness, || Making peace, and creating calamity, || I [am] YHWH, doing all these things.